2017 Game on Weekend Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung Indie Game Festival
In this summer, DAKUO has invited indie game developers from US, Japan, Philippines and Taiwan to share their unique experience. In three days festival, we’ve International Forum, Workshop and Game on Booth. In workshop, we’ve invited the official evangelist from Unity to teach you how to make a high quality 3D game with the most broadly used game engine. Besides, we’ve invited the new young artist to demonstrate their game works. If you were interested in playing or making games, please don’t hesitate to join us.
Date:18-20th August, 2017
Location:3F., No.123, Cisian 3rd Rd., Yancheng Dist., Kaohsiung City 80341, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Date:18-20th August, 2017
Location:3F., No.123, Cisian 3rd Rd., Yancheng Dist., Kaohsiung City 80341, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Day 1 – 18th August (Fri.)
【Keynote Speech】 |
Sportsfriends: A Lesson in Realistic Success |
Lecturer:Ramiro Corbetta/Long Island University, Professor and Director of Digital Game Design & Development
Professor Ramiro Corbetta is a game developer and educator with over ten years of experience in the game industry. He has worked on dozens of games, including the Independent Games Festival winner Glow Artisan, Microsoft Solitaire for Windows 8, and iPhone hits Dots and TwoDots. He is best known for the Game of the Year and IndieCade Festival winner Sportsfriends, which he co-developed for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, and PC/Mac/Linux. Indie game developers often speak about great successes or terrible failures. Ramiro Corbetta will speak about the design and business of creating the Playstation and computer game Sportsfriends, a mid-level indie success story. |
【Section 1】 |
How we keep going when we get lost in the forest of making game!? |
【Section 2】 |
How we developed "Detention" |
Lecturer:Light Wang/Red Candle Games, Co-Founder
Light Wang is the co-founder of Red Candle Games, as well as the level designer for the studio’s debut title Detention. He graduated with the MA in Digital Technology Design at NTUE, and have 5 years of experience in the game industry. "Detention" is a Taiwanese horror game.The storyline and the culture has interpreted in a special way. This time Light Wang will share his unique experience on how he developed this game. |
【Section 3】 |
From 0 to 1: the way to be passionate on game development. |
Lecturer:Harry/Sickgame, Producer
Harry is an video game producer with great passion. For making this world full of love and sunshine, Harry has devoted himself to game development. Harry started his career from the year of 2014. He started from virtual game to concrete game. This time he will introduce how he develop his brand and survive on this competitive industry. |
Day 2 – 19th August (Sat.)
【Section 4】 |
Collaboration Bleeds Excellence |
Lecturer:Bari Silvestre/Keybol Games, Game Developer
Keybol Games is actually just one person, Bari Silvestre. Bari has collaborated with many talented artists and game developers from Southeast Asia and around the world like US and London. His most famous games are Pretentious Game, Kill the Plumber and Tower Fortress and in total all of his games already reached 60 million plays. His games won Independent Games Festival China for Excellence in Design and Casual Connect USA for Directors’ Choice and was nominated in many international and local events. |
【Section 5】 |
From VR to VR+ |
Lecturer:Jason Wang/OXON Game Studio, CEO
Jason Wang has 25 years experience on video game industry. He has started his career in the era of DOS and created several famous PC games. About 15 years ago, he started developing mobile game and created more than 200 Java Games. The most influential game is "Legend of Ancient", which has reached the record of 100 millions downloads. In 2014 he has founded OXON Game Studio and devoted on mobile game development, their first published game "The World II" has excellent feedback in the market. |
【Section 6】GoW x Rayark |
The evolution of MO: from student project to startupPresenter:Tony Lee/Rayark Inc., Game Director
This time, Tony Lee- the game director of Rayark with the team MØ-Macrophages of Archpray will talk about how to push a student project into industrial level and share their experience in startup journey. |
18th, August(Fri.) 9:30-18:00
FunTech Area
Deep Terror繪聖有限公司 ARTLORD STUDIO
The multi-player VR game is based on a team consisting of two-six team members, who need to dive down to a submerged research station to install and protect four shield generators for the Filtration system that has recently been attacked. |
Pakal Defender南台科技大學多樂系
The handkerchief card security fights the .MR-multi-people to mix the solid boundary game” is multimedia researches and develops by the south Taiwan scientific and technical university with the computer entertainment branch department large-scale interaction entertainment laboratory does not need specially to mark, can to recognize object itself fast with the high speed tracking camera movement, extends the demonstration conformity in the broad reality 3D space to expand increases the solid boundary technology, the union hypothesized with reality both, presents the use to mix the solid boundary technology the game, lets play the family to invade the real world the hypothesized monsters to carry on the counter- attack, the use on weapon, protects own village! |
Dinosaur Commando獨角獸娛樂
American biology research institutions in an experiment accident,leading to all the animals evolved into ancient giant creatures to escape and attack humans, causing the devastating catastrophe of the United States, whether human beings can eliminate dinosaurs to save the world. Destroy chemical tank and leak x-ray to eliminate dinosaurs, lifting the biochemical dinosaur crisis. |
降魔陣量素科技股份有限公司
4 players choose their own character, team-up to fight the Boss. Warrior use huge sword and shield to fight the enemies at the front of battlefield. Archers attack the enemies in the distance. Wizard support team members at the back position with his powerful magic skill. He is the key man in the team. Boss attacks players in various way, players have to survive under those attacks. Destroy the weak points distributed throughout the Boss’s body to win this battle. |
PC & Mobile Area
AgainerAgainer製作團隊
Againer is a classic game remake. Unlike the traditional parkour mechanics , the player controls the terrain instead of the character. The way player controls the terrain is by dividing the track into three parts which can be either elevated or lowered down. The player then has to decide which part should be moved to avoid the obstacles or escape from explosive attacks . The player can also slow down the whole world by time manipulation resulting a better decision. |
Airogge 推塔的艾羅格守夜人
In《Airogge》, player controls the guardian of Tower, where Princess is prisoned. A lot of enemies will stop Airogge from leading Princess home. Protecting Princess and Tower, defeating enemies with your iron fists! |
Behind the Screen 螢幕判官18Light 光穹遊戲有限公司
Is killing really a sin? How can you find the truth while your emotion and logic disintegrating in a dream of memories? In “Behind the Screen”, you are the protagonist behind the screen and the judge before it. Can you still make absolute “judgement” after you experience the whole life this criminal? |
Blue Blood Lagoon 她和他和她的澎湖灣Erotes Studio 艾羅塔斯有限公司
“Blue Blood Lagoon”, a story about youth and romance during the Chinese Civil War, is another tremendous effort by Erotes Studio, the developer of “Rainy Port Keelung” and“MayJasmine.” |
Church Era 宗教紀元Mobile Vendor
Have you ever wonder, what would it be like if you were a leader of a religion? In this game, you are the pillar of your sect, and becoming the strongest community is your final goal. Manage missionary resources, learn the principle of preach and war, build up your own religious kingdom, and lead your group to victory by winning people's heart or tearing down all heathens' churches! |
Click Chronicles不或互動娛樂
Click Chronicle is a fast-click mobile game. Your task in game is to help Hero to meet his partners on the journey, and save the world where destroyed by Evil. Each partner has its own capability and fantastic story. They are always loyal to Hero, and help him by using their powerful skill to defeat all rivals they meet on the way |
D-Squad D級特工Crespirit
酷思特文創股份有限公司 Zombie-murdering fun for the whole family, right in the palm of your hands! Charge into the Zombie-infested Punie City 1.0 as one of our four demented mercenaries and start the carnage! Other than the mountain of weapons and equipment available, these elite field agents also wield their own special moves, from manipulating time, to summoning giant robots. With specialized weaponry, bonuses and the freedom to change equipment, skils and even swap characters, you're encouraged to discover and constantly refine your most deadly loadout! |
Eternal Senia-Hydrangea after the rain
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Gustavo : Kingdom Rebirth
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Irodorukatari 繪物語CSPSAID
Irodorukatari, an A-AVG comprises several episodes in doodle and illustration style. Different from getting pleasure by monster-killing and upgrading, in Irodorukatari, players will purify monsters and save losing-their-head residents by coloring them as well as the world made up of white paper and black line arts. |
IterIter Team
Iter is a 2D rhythm game. The story lets you follow the Traveler to explore the world which was torn apart by magic. We wish to create a game that everyone could get the best experience, not only beginners but also pro players. Therefore, to enhance the gameplay experience for the player, we designed a special feature: button scale system, which brings more diversity and challenge to the gameplay. |
Magink 墨術國際宅宅interNerdtion
Magink, to seal the monster of chaos, the Sima clan inherited this power from generation to generation, extermination of entire family by uncle. Four great monsters was released, the darkness came again. The only heir, Sima Yun, began the journey of seal beasts. |
PurityTASHI
Purity, a 2D side-scrolling video game and Puzzle Game. Unique playing method of Light Mode projection can be a real eye-opener. In the game, the overlord is a metaphor for the groups ignoring the environmental pollution and seeking profit maximization. The player will be the Guardian of World-Tree and ferret out the overload inciting the human. |
Sick game 有病桌遊有病制作
SickGame Production: the sickest board game on earth.It is fun, fast pacing and full of karma, end your rival quick and become the last one standing. |
The Emerald TabletUNI
The Emerald Tablet is an A-RPG featuring alchemical crafting elements. The story depicts how Misty the protagonist, who originally studies alchemy merely to make a living with it, stumbles across one of the legendary Emerald Tablets on a school excursion to the ruins and is gradually inspired to further explore the Truth of Alchemy. |
Vigil: The Longest Night 守夜人:長夜Glass Heart 玻璃心工作室
"Vigil: The Longest Night" is a 2D action mystery side-scroller set in the Medieval times when the Black Death hit the Europe. You will be playing Leila and leverage the Vigil’s time control ability to fight against enemies, find clues, and uncover the mysteries. But be careful! Time can be a weapon to kill your enemies, or kill yourself. And only the wise choice can help you break the curse… |
5th August (Sat.) 13:30-17:00
Workshop – Making a VR game using Unity - LaserCop
Lecturer:Kelvin Lo/Unity Evangelist
Kelvin Lo has served in Unity as an official evangelist for many years. After he worked in Game developing department for 13 years, he found most developer has been struggled with the game engine. He thought if one day there's an official evangelist who will travel around Taiwan and help game developer to solve the problem it will be very helpful for the indie game industry, so finally he decided to take the chance and start helping people to make a good game. |
12th August (Sat.) 13:30-17:00
SPINE-2D Game Character Animation
Retro Game Exhibition
Virtual Boy
任天堂,1995
Supervisor:Economic development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
Organizer :Digital Art Kaohsiung United Office(DAKUO)、Kaohsiung Indies Meet Up(KIMU)
Game On Weekend © Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.
Kaohsiung Game On Weekend Committee
Organizer :Digital Art Kaohsiung United Office(DAKUO)、Kaohsiung Indies Meet Up(KIMU)
Game On Weekend © Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.
Kaohsiung Game On Weekend Committee